See also point one where it's hard to backup those files. But your other files will also be lost if/when the drive fails. Second, when your time machine disk runs out of space, Time Machine will start deleting files. Most consumer grade HDDs just are not designed to be written to as often as Time Machine does.ĭrive failures are fine when it's just a backup -just buy another one (or have it replaced under warranty). First of all, its not easy to setup good/reliable backups of the files on your time machine disk (because most backup software will - for good reasons - not backup anything on a time machine disk). In my experience hard enough that the drive is likely to fail.

Third, Time Machine pushes your backup drive really hard. It won't delete your files, only files in the TM backup, but generally Time Machine expects to be the only thing on the disk when it makes decisions about how much space it can use. These task actions will automatically expire at the specified future date and time. First of all, it's not easy to setup good/reliable backups of the files on your time machine disk (because most backup software will - for good reasons - not backup anything on a time machine disk). You can set an expiry date for UnShare, Share, Share Public, Trash, Empty Trash, Delete files, Delete folders in Google Drive.

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